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[deadhead]

Leclerc always seems to struggle on this track for some reason.

He’s got a negative record vs. teammates in qualifying here

[PlatinumZealot]

There is no confirmation on this turbo size rumour.

A smart engineer who has learned from the previous regulations will always go the maximum turbo size considering the engines are hybrid, and always thinks about race pace not just the start of the race.

I have been vocal on this. It would be silly to run a smaller turbo when you need as much power as possible in the higher rev range of the engine.

I feel Fred is playing reverse psychology here. The Ferrari starts are good because they have a solution for it and wanted to keep an advantage not because they have a small turbo. Why would you purposely make an engine weak for 98% percent of race? When you have overtaking aids?

I am with you. There is no suggestion from anyone at Ferrari that a smaller turbo was chosen. The only thing Fred said was that they designed the power unit as a whole to start well.

For all we know, they worked on how to spool the turbo quickly. Or, a completely different method of getting off the line quickly. Ferrari have plenty of experience with starting systems.

Well every reputable journalist - who have inside sources in the teams - is reporting that Ferrari has a smaller turbo. Bear in mind: 1) Ferrari is widely believed to have used a smaller turbo in the last rules cycles so likely see other benefits as well 2) Fred called this a tradeoff worth 1 tenth per lap - so we’re likely talking smallER but very small differences.

In any case, this isn’t really the point - everyone is reporting Ferrari have a smaller turbo, you don’t believe it…fine. But what PlatinumZealot said was that Ferrari could have changed something and *chose* not to - I’m trying to understand what it is you think they could have changed and, if so, why they would have actively made a choice not to do something that was beneficial given new start procedure?

Ferrari had a small turbo in 2014.. Then they changed to a very big one in 2015... This was well documented here on this Forum. This played out well till the end of 2019 when Ferrari were formidable on the straights before the fuel flow trick was banned. But you don't allow more fuel without a huge turbo. After that they still kept a bigass turbo.

Forget the journalists. It just doesn't make engineering sense to use a small turbo if you have this amount of hybrid electric power. The turbo is an easy scapegoat for a weak combustion design. There is no way even the regular car mechanics will evem see the diameter of the turbine wheel, usually just the engine department will actually have seen it.

Perhaps ferrari combustion design is good at low end torque but weak at higher rpms... We just dont know.

[woocasz]

Hamilton had managed to build a 0.4s lead over Russell coming out of Turn 7, but then he fell back and even made a couple of mistakes on his final lap, which saw the McLaren cars overtake him as well.

we all know that Ferrari is losing big time on straights (+0,5s) so this new (more powerful engine) cant come soon enough...

[F1NAC]

Hamilton had managed to build a 0.4s lead over Russell coming out of Turn 7, but then he fell back and even made a couple of mistakes on his final lap, which saw the McLaren cars overtake him as well.

we all know that Ferrari is losing big time on straights (+0,5s) so this new (more powerful engine) cant come soon enough...

It wasn’t only due to engine. Lewis made a mistake coming into hairpin and lost some valueable time

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton has won here 7 times before. Seven times. The simulator story is a red herring.

[LM10]

Hamilton could or even should have been in P3 considering the mistake he made. Despite the big power disadvantage compared to the Mercedes and McLarens or even the RedBulls - in this engine formula. What a beast this car is.

Other than the PU the SF-26 is the best car out there. Nothing has changed in this regard since the start of the season.

[PlatinumZealot]

Not quite sure how to feel about that. Lewis kinda messed up his Q3…but Mercedes are out of reach

Yeah Lewis was up on everyone after S2. S3 was always going to be weaker but the wide moment at the hairpin cost him a bunch of time - will be interesting what he thought was possible with a clean lap.

In the whole of SQ, Lewis seemed better than leclerc who at the end was complaining about cars on prep laps stopping him get his tyres in the right window. He didn’t look at any point to have the pace yet though.

Tbh I still think a car 3 tenths off the best is reasonable progress, especially on a track with a long straight and until engine can be changed. I want more but I still think the trajectory is decent.

Yup, 0.293 secs off a Merc and 0.046 off the Mclaren both with a fair amount of upgrades this weekend on a track that doesnt really suit the Ferrari is pretty good, i expected ferrari to be much further off this weekend

Hmm. Your positive thinking made me feel a bit better I admit... Howweeeeveerr.. This is Ferraei and they will find a way to fumble it.

[PlatinumZealot]

Hamilton has won here 7 times before. Seven times. The simulator story is a red herring.

Why do you say that though?
The simulator story emerged last week I think, and ditching the sim for this week does tie into the fact that he has won here 7 times which allows him to trust his feel more. I could see how a Ferrari similator would be something not clicking with him. Probably best to leave the sim work to Giovinazzi and zhou and then focus on tweaking in FP1.

[ToffeeTyres]

Really need more power. The car is probably the fastest through the corners you can see Ferrari gaining or ahead through them it’s the straights that are killing us deployment too maybe. You can see the differences with Merc and McLaren gaining on straights badly need that sorting and we will be in the battle for sure

[j_ste]

They just don’t have anything for the two main Mercedes teams.

I think where you see lewis’ decline are in those moments there where you have to walk the tightrope for the entire stint. Just doesn’t seem capable of avoiding the odd mistake.

[ToffeeTyres]

Hamilton under investigation for gaining an advantage when he skipped the chicane. If he gets a penalty for that it’s a joke as he lost two positions at the end of the race

[AR3-GP]

Hamilton under investigation for gaining an advantage when he skipped the chicane. If he gets a penalty for that it’s a joke as he lost two positions at the end of the race

They were on different laps. He should have conceded the position to Piastri earlier but I doubt they'll penalize him now.

[ScuderiaLeo]

Does anyone know what they were discussing on Leclerc's radio with the power? They kept talking about something failing (or "failed"? unsure) but my audio quality was poor.

[Emag]

Does anyone know what they were discussing on Leclerc's radio with the power? They kept talking about something failing (or "failed"? unsure) but my audio quality was poor.

Didn't Leclerc drop slightly back momentarily? Maybe there was some sort of issue that was resolved and allowed him to close back up in the end.

[AR3-GP]

Leclerc cannot wait to get back to Monaco. Just no pace really. I doubt he's looking forward to a wet race here either.